CVE-2007-3531 (GCVE-0-2007-3531)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-07-25 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.
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